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Trump Campaign Donors Say Campaign Tricked Them Into Repeat Contributions
On 4/5/21 at 4:11 PM EDT
In the waning days of former President Donald Trump s reelection campaign, many of his donors say they fell victim to an online prechecked box scam that coerced them into unwittingly making recurring financial contributions.
A 63-year-old cancer patient in hospice care in Kansas is among several Trump supporters who were scammed into recurring withdrawals that decimated their already depleted bank accounts, according to
The New York Times. The paper s investigation, published Saturday, used federal records and personal Trump-voter statements to corroborate the claim that Trump s campaign used an intentional scheme to boost revenues. The
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How Trump campaign fooled supporters to raise money
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Last Updated: Apr 04, 2021, 11:19 AM IST
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The tactic ensnared scores of unsuspecting Trump loyalists retirees, military veterans, nurses and even experienced political operatives.
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Stacy Blatt was in hospice care last September listening to Rush Limbaugh’s dire warnings about how badly Donald Trump’s campaign needed money when he went online and chipped in everything he could: $500.
It was a big sum for a 63-year-old battling cancer and living in Kansas City on less than $1,000 per month. But that single contribution federal records show it was his first ever quickly multiplied. Another $500 was withdrawn the next day, then $500 the next week and every week through mid-October, without his knowledge until Blatt’s bank account had been depleted and frozen. When his utility and rent payments bounced, he called his brother, Russell Blatt, for help.